50 Awesome Best Friend Gifts for Valentine’s Day

As Valentine’s Day approaches, consider not just the leading love in your life, but the supporting actors as well. These best friend gifts celebrate those other people who are always by your side.

Chocolate fix

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You can’t buy happiness but you can buy chocolate, and that’s almost the same thing when it comes to truffles. These organic Ecuadorian chocolates are filled with melt-in-your-mouth Malabar coconut oil—in Sea Salt, Salted Caramel, Silk Velvet, Mint Créme, and Classic Dark, a chocolate-lover’s dream.

Super Selfies

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Kick your friend’s selfie game up a notch with the LED lit smartphone case from LuMee—in pink glitter, of course, for Valentine’s Day. A favorite of Kim Kardashian West, the protective phone case is like a professional photo studio in your hand. As a bonus, you get to look awesome too in your BFF’s group shots.

Live the dream

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Your BFF has dreams, and this comfy-cool cotton sweatshirt reminds her that they’re always in reach, whether she’s aiming for the corner office or the return of her favorite show to Netflix. It also comes in a cute pink tee.

Power up

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Friends don’t let friends have dead phone batteries. Instead, gift your pal this super-strong, flexible charging cable for Apple devices from Native Union, with a 10-foot cord for reaching almost any outlet in the room. With an eye-catching rose hue and a cool decorative knot, it’s less likely to get accidentally left behind.

LBD

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Every girlfriend needs a little black dress (LBD) for lunches, cocktails, dinners, date nights—and well, just about any event that calls for leaving the house. The Amour Vert Theodora Rib Wrap Dress, in soft ribbed knit, is one of those silhouettes that flatters all figures. It can be dressed up or down, making it a super-practical gift.

Snap happy

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Besides being adorable in eight metallic colors including ruby red, the Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 is a solid camera for a reasonable price that takes great little instant photos. It’s got a self-adjusting smart flash, three color filters, and a selfie mode. When your gal pal brings it along, snaps some pics and gives them away, she’ll be the life of the party.

In the pocket

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She’ll never fumble for her ID, key card, or license again when they’re nestled safely in Casetify’s chic stick-on leather pocket on your pal’s cell phone. Reusable 3M adhesive means when she upgrades her phone, the pocket can come too.

Your friendship is going places

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She’ll easily spot her suitcases on the carousel with these bold and playful emoji-themed luggage tags. You can feel great about this super-affordable Valentine’s gift because the company, ArtSugar, donates a portion of proceeds to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Let the music play

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This small but mighty wireless bluetooth speaker from JBL lets your BFF turn her playlist up to 11 for up to five hours on one charge. And because it’s waterproof, she can safely take it to the beach or the pool—or into the shower (why not?).

Keeping it fresh

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If you have $1 in your pocket, you can gift this fun Tic Tac Be Mine Mix to your favorite gal pal—or at this price, your entire crew. The strawberry and cherry Tic Tacs sport sweet sayings including “Hug me,” “I heart you,” and “Be mine.”

Love mug

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Morning coffee from this “The Answer is Love” diner mug will ensure a happy start to her day, especially when she learns that 10 percent of profits support the Life is Good Kids Foundation. Here are other gifts that give back.

Lashes for days

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You know you’re supposed to wiggle your mascara wand at the base of lashes, right? Well, Lancome’s Oscillation Powerbooster Mascara takes that pro tip to the extreme with a wand that vibrates with 7,000 oscillations per minute to wrap every lash in long, lustrous, starry-eyed gorgeousness. Only the best for your girlfriends.

Better WiFi

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Give your gal pal the gift of an awesome Internet connection all around her home with the Orbi Voice. This shmancy gadget extends high-performance WiFi coverage up to 4,500 square feet for less buffering and fewer dead zones. If that weren’t enough, it’s also an Amazon Alexa smart speaker, so she can tell it to play her music and do all the other fun stuff smart speakers do. Sure, it’s an investment, but so is your friendship. Check out these other cool tech gifts you’ll want to keep for yourself.

Pretty things

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This thing of beauty—in trendy aubergine, with fishnet overlay—is actually a super-supportive underwire bra with convertible straps in sizes up to 46H. Gift your gal pal the matching briefs, by Curvy Couture, to make her feel like a million bucks.

Kicking back

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These tapered-leg joggers from n:Philanthropy are the best of both worlds: They’re soft and cozy like classic sweats, but their paint-splatter pattern elevates the look to fashion statement. Yes, they’re a splurge, which is exactly why she’ll flip when you present them. Check out these 15 Valentine’s Day facts you never knew.

New flame

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The Love Mini Candle from Homesick is everything you think it should be, with notes of sweet and sultry cassis, rose, peony, jasmine, and sandalwood. The all-natural soy wax delivers 10 to 12 hours of clean-burning love.

Sweet statement

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Sprinkles or glaze? That’s the question you need to ask about your doughnut-loving gal pal, because this sterling silver pendant necklace by Delicacies features the scrumptious confection in both versions. What a way to show her how sweet she is! For still more goodness, your purchase provides 20 meals to help fight hunger.

Sleep like a princess

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These luxe blush sheets are not only gorgeous, but they’re woven from organic linen with low-impact dyes, so they’re kind to sensitive skin. The pretty pink may say “spring” to you, but these Coyuchi sheets are durable enough to dress the bed year-round—and they get softer with every wash. That’s a gift that keeps on giving. Here are 25 of the best Valentine’s Day gifts for him.

Make her smile

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Weekends were made for this comfy slub-knit boyfriend tee with artful rips near the collar. She’ll smile all day when she wears it because the 100 percent cotton is as soft as pajamas. Bonus feel-good note: n:PHILANTHROPY donates a percent of proceeds to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and SPCALA.

Hair repair

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Give the gift of healthier hair. Renpure Whipped Coconut & Peony Curl and Shine shampoo is fortified with pink jasmine and creamy coconut to help to stop hair breakage, fight scalp conditions, tame frizz, and soften hair. It also happens to smell divine. Pick up the conditioner too for less than the cost of lunch.

Home, Smart Home

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She’ll thank her lucky stars every day to have a friend awesome enough to gift her the Google Home Hub. This do-it-all device, with a seven-inch touch screen, lets her ask Google questions, check the weather, watch the news, make a shopping list, call friends and family, listen to music, watch videos, and control other smart home devices like lights, cameras and TVs, among a gazillion other things. She’ll wonder how she ever lived without it.

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Dream cream

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This organic Milk + Honey Body Cream gets its rich (but not heavy) texture from good-for-you ingredients including aloe, shea fruit butter, and virgin coconut oil. Even if it weren’t packed with essential oils and antioxidants, just the uplifting aroma—a refreshing citrus blend of pink grapefruit, bergamot, and cardamom—would make it feel luxurious.

Cookie pro

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The secret to perfect cookies every time is this Silpat Perfect Cookie Baking Mat. Not only does it mark exactly where to place the dough, but it bakes cookies evenly and then they slide right off the pan. For a girlfriend who likes to bake, this tool is a game-changer.

Cold stone, warm heart

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Whether she’s eating caviar or Cheerios, her food will taste that much more delicious from a Porto Stoneware Heart Ramekin, handmade in Portugal from scratch- and chip-resistant stoneware. It also makes an elegant repository for jewelry or loose change on a dresser.

Love in a box

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This classic pamper package from Bouquet Bar lets your BFF soak the stress away with a calming bergamot orange bath bomb and a long-burning citrus blossom candle. The pièce de résistance is a vibrant bouquet of roses, so it’ll smell incredible when she opens it.

Fire TV stick

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If your BFF loves to binge-watch, she’ll flip for the Fire TV Stick 4K, a smart remote that lets you talk to the TV, asking it to play some 50,000 movies and TV episodes on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Showtime and more, or tune into tens of thousands of channels, apps, and websites, including YouTube and Facebook. The Fire Stick also does classic Alexa tasks like streaming music and dimming lights. Your pal’s TV-watching will never be the same.

Good hair day

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The secret to great hair in winter is moisture—and lots of it. Living Proof Restore Mask Treatment makes dry, damaged hair 20 times stronger with 95 percent less breakage after just one use. That’s pretty much all you need to know, but as a bonus, it’s also free of parabens, phthalates, and silicones, and it smells ah-mazing.

Spa party

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Celebrate Galentine’s night in with a little beauty R&R. The 100 percent Pure Green Tea Water Bomb mask is like a refreshing drink for every type of winter skin, with ingredients like aloe water, hyaluronic acid and plant cellulose. It comes in a pack of five so everyone can get glowing together.